Urgent Care Centers Beginning to Fill Void Created by Abortion Clinic Closures

In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and the federal Medicaid cuts in reimbursement for abortion care services that followed, Planned Parenthood and other clinics offering abortion care have closed many facilities across the country. Although use of telehealth to obtain abortion services has spiked in response, many patients are wary of receiving abortion care services other than through an in-person encounter. Urgent care centers have started to address this need by adding medical abortions to their available list of services.